Tourist attractions Mérida

Museums and art

José-Ramón-Mélida E - 06800 Mérida

Situated in an impressive modern building specially designed by architect Rafael Moneo to present the extensive collections of Roman archaeology from Mérida. On the upper floors, which contain jewellery, coins and pottery, you can see some fine mosai..

Archaeological and historical sites

Paseo de José Alvarez Sàenz de Buruaga E - 06800 Mérida

Built by Agrippa, Augustus's son in law, 24 years BC, the theatre has the classic arrangement of the great imperial theatres: banks of seats in a semicircle with capacity for 6,000; a very fine stage wall decorated (2C AD) with colonnades and statues..

Archaeological and historical sites

E - 06800 Mérida

In 25BC, the Roman governor of Augustus founded the township of Emerita Augusta. It was well-situated on the River Guadiana and at the junction of major Roman roads, and as a result soon became the capital of Lusitania. The Romans lavished upon it te..

Religious buildings

av. Extremadura E - 06800 Mérida

Digs in the basement of this church have revealed the rich history of this place, occupied successively by Roman houses, an early Christian necropolis, a 5C basilica and, from the 13C, the current church.

Archaeological and historical sites

Près de l’amphithéâtre E - 06800 Mérida

Collection of remains of various buildings - water conduits, paving, wall sections - connected to a mansion, organised around a peristyle, and its outhouses. The floor mosaics have been incredibly well preserved.

Architecture, castles and historic districts

C. del Puente E - 06800 Mérida

To defend the 792 m Roman bridge that crosses the bed of the Guadiana, scattered with islets, the Moors built this 9C fortress. Inside the walls, note a cistern cut out at the level of the river's water.